Whether you’re chained to your desk, stuck behind the wheel or are an Aldi checkout chick (or dick), sitting on your ass all day can definitely catch up with you like a carb after five.
Unfortunately some professions really do require such ass-to-cush action in order to get the job done, though. However, if you’re in the market for a new career or even just a side hustle, it’s worth looking at something that combines financial income with wellbeing as an outcome. See below for work options that don’t suck for your health.
Lifeguards
As lives will quite literally be in your hands, Australian Lifeguard Service states that you must “pass regular fitness and competency tests” in this position. So while you might think that the exercising part only goes down when disaster strikes, you’d be wrong. To even get the job in the first place?
“The fitness assessment involves a 400m swim, 800m run, 400m rescue board paddle and 800m run at the beach – in under 25 minutes. Additionally, there is a 800 metre pool swim (completed in a pool no smaller than 25 metres in length) in 14 minutes or under, and a surf scenario involving a rescue board and rescue tube.”
Have you seen Zac Efron‘s rig in Baywatch? Clearly he’s not *actually* a lifesaver but it gives you a good idea of where your abs could be headed. “Around the fitness test, I see a lot of similarities,” Bondi Rescue’s Jules said of the film’s depiction of lifeguards. Don’t believe us? Watch ’em show off their fitness prowess below:
Not so far-fetched, after all.
Tradies
There’s a reason that some people feel like their “type” is a tradie (guilty), and a lot of the time it’s because they’re physically fit and willing to get their hands dirty.
Whether you’re a sparky, carpenter, plumber, landscaper, what have you, labourers tend to always be on their feet and very hands-on with heavy lifting, digging, hammering and the like. Compared to your standard office sitch, it’d make the world of difference.
Fire Fighters
Photo: Facebook / Perth Firefighters Calendar
If you’re saving as many lives and homes as a fire fighter does, then, you know what? You deserve to have a rig. You deserve a life full of health, happiness and love, but you also deserve a rig.
Being a firefighter is one of the most physically demanding (and dangerous) jobs you can get yourself into, so it’s no wonder there’s a Physical Aptitude Test – dubbed the PAT – before you’re even considered as a candidate. Side note: RIP Georgia Love + Cam Cranley‘s unrealised love.
Deliveroo-ers
Photo: deliveroo.com
Whether it’s being a Deliveroo, Foodora or UberEATs rider, you’ll keep fit by riding around locally and dropping off deliveries for others.
It’s also a pretty easy job to nab and allows your to work hours that suit you. Hit up Deliveroo HERE, Foodora HERE or UberEATs HERE for a lil’ side job that’ll allow you to burn while you earn. Alternatively a bicycle courier or postal deliverer are also good fits.
Personal Trainers
As a PT your job is to keep other people fit, and as Sam Wood (ex-bachie and founder of fitness program ‘28 By Sam Wood‘) tells PEDESTRIAN.TV: “You don’t have to have the world’s best physique but you definitely need to practice what you preach.”
We caught up with him while he was shooting the 2018 Baywatch Calendar (which you can download HERE), where he told us he has over 15,000 28 By Sam Wood members. That’s nuts. “It’s a pretty rewarding job. The contact and the connection you have – whether it’s face to face or online – is actually amazing.”
Pooch walkers
The only thing that even remotely sucks about walking dogs as a job is picking up their turds. Everything else about it is just brilliant. Puppers + cash. What’s not to love?
I’ll put up with a little shit for getting paid to do something I’d quite legitimately do for free. There’s no one holy website when it comes to getting one of these jobs, it’s more of a googling thing.
Now go forth and chase those rigs, people.
